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Esports Launches at the 10s

The Cape Town 10s introduces an all-new sporting division

One of the world’s biggest and most popular social sport and entertainment festivals, the Cape Town 10s, has partnered with Mettlestate and Out The Box Events to bring you an all-new sporting division – esports.

The 11th annual 10s event will return to Green Point Cape Town from 1 to 2 February 2019, featuring a winning blend of the tried and tested sporting disciplines but this time with an esport element that showcases the often hidden world of competitive PC and console gaming.

Esports is rising in popularity worldwide with already established organisations, teams and players bringing fame on local and international shores…
It is the fastest-growing sport in the world and Cape Town 10s is following the trend.

“Esports is still in its infancy in South Africa, and we have only just started to be recognised on the international stage,” says Mettlestate Co-Owner Barry Louzada. “Partnering with a major award- winning sporting event such as 10s does well to put the next step forward when it comes to helping us forge the future of esports in South Africa. We here at Mettlestate could not be more excited to bring esports to a whole new audience!”

The teams will be playing a competitive game of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Known globally as one of the biggest esports worldwide, Counter-Strike sees two teams (known as the terrorists and counter- terrorists) stop the other from completing their goal. The Terrorists must plant the bomb and protect it, while the Counter-Terrorists try and stop that from happening. The premise is simple, but the action is rampant, so come along and witness a whole new element of competitive sport that is usually locked behind closed doors but which is estimated to have a global audience, live and online, of more than 600 million in 2019.

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In addition to the exciting matches that will take place all day on both days, the Cape Town 10s Esports zone will feature a separate bar run by Monster Energy and a covered lounge area.

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